In January of this year, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reported it had obtained more than $3 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving the False Claims Act (FCA) in fiscal year 2019. Of the more than $3 billion recovered, $2.6 billion...

As companies transition to a remote workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous virus and cybersecurity issues have arisen as cybercriminals target remote workers with phishing scams and malware. Cybercriminals are exploiting new opportunities as organizations...

The Texas Securities Board (TSB) has issued an investor alert and guidance to protect the public from white-collar criminals and fraudsters from exploiting the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic for financial gain. Fraudsters will use recent events to lure investors into...

The Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) filed an Emergency Cease and Desist Order against Ultra BTC Mining and Laura Branch on April 8, 2020, alleging the cryptocurrency mining company promised to double investors’ money in one year while also claiming to contribute...

Before a prosecutor can charge you with a white-collar crime, a grand jury must meet to decide if there is enough evidence to charge you with the crime. A grand jury is a group of people chosen from your local community or within your state. The state puts the jury...

White-collar crimes are much different than typical criminal charges. They often do not have immediately apparent victims, and they do not involve violence. In addition, the people who commit these crimes are often higher-income earners in positions of power with no...

The term “white collar crime” covers a wide range of individual crimes. Per the Federal Bureau of Investigation, however, all of these crimes have one thing in common: some form of deceit or fraud on the part of the perpetrator for the purpose of his or her own...

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is a federal law that prohibits people in the United States from making corrupt payments to foreign officials for business purposes. Alleged FCPA violations may result in criminal prosecutions. Additionally, civil actions are also...

Texas law treats security fraud crimes seriously. Insider trading is a type of security fraud. If you have inside information on the financial state of a company, then you are an “insider”. If you then make stock decisions based on information not known to...